That quoted post sounds like immense ammounts of bullshit. I doubt very much such a large botnet would be mobilized because some bored teens want more updates on the game. Plus I believe 83k bots in a network isn't something a 4chan user could ever have, or that anyone would post about on 4chan. People who have resources like that probably spend their time extorting money from large companies.

Addictive indie computer game Minecraft was knocked off it's little block wheels yesterday apparently by a group of self-identifying disenfranchised Minecraft players demanding more updates from the game's creator.

If that's true, yeah, that'll get the updates out faster....Or more likely, bankrupt the guy so all development on the game ceases.

Although I'm not sure why fans would do that though, because that'd mean they couldn't play SMP.

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>>Start providing your customers with the updates that you promise them.

I think it's more likely that the upset fans story is a cover for something worse.

Better that he get the site locked down now before something nastier happens down the line.

What exactly do you mean?

Well it would seem there's a lot of money going into Minecraft. If you wanted to hijack it, saying you're just a bunch of angry fans would be an acceptable cover story I guess. Although, having any cover story at all is stupid, but thieves have a tendency to be notoriously stupid as my junk mail seems to illustrate.